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DIASPORA
DEMOGRAPHICS:
THE ADVOCACY P
OTENTIAL
OF THE A
FRICAN D
IASPORA
IN T
HE U.S
.
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AFRICAN DIASPORA POPULATION BY STATE (out of 2.7 million people)
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CaliforniaNew YorkTexasGeorgiaMarylandVirginiaFloridaMassa-chusettsMinnesotaOhioNew JerseyPennsylvaniaNorth CarIndianaIllinoisTennesseeWashingtonMichiganAlabamaColoradoConnecticutMissouriLouisiana
AFRICAN DIASPORA ACROSS THE U.S. BY NATIONALITY
3%7%
3%
2%2%
9%
0%1%
4%
2%
1%
0%
0%
59%
5%
Cape Verdean Ethiopian Ghanaian Kenyan Liberian Nigerian Senegalese Sierra Leonean Somalian South African Sudanese Ugandan Zimbabwean Unspecified African Other Subsaharan African
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DIASPORA CONCENTRATION BY METRO AREA
Atlanta
Baltimore
Chicago
Dallas-F
ort Worth
Houston
New Yo
rk City
Los Ange
les
Boston
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ate ar
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50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
Zimbabwean
Ugandan
Sudanese
South African
Somalian
Sierra Leonean
Senegalese
Nigerian
Liberian
Kenyan
Ghanaian
Ethiopian
Cape Verdean
Other Subsaharan African
Unspecified African
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CASE STUDY: TEXAS
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7%African Diaspora in TexasAfrican Diaspora in the U.S.
2,719,601
Chart 1. Diaspora is defined as those residents of the U.S. who listed their ancestry as African or a specific African nationality in the American Community Survey, a
publication by the U.S. Census Bureau. Data collected from 2006-2010.
African Diaspora in Texas
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TEXAS DIASPORA POPULATION BY ORIGIN <200,000
7% 2%
3%
20%
2%58%
8% Ethiopian (14,513)
Ghanaian (4,865)
Kenyan (7,605)
Nigerian (43,458)
South African (3,787)
Unspecified African (127,222)
Other Subsaharan African (16,588)
Chart 2. “Unspecified African” includes all people who indicated African ancestry but did not list a specific country or ethnic group.
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Concentration of Diaspora in Texas Metro Areas
Austin Dallas-Fort Worth Houston0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
35000
Sudanese South African Somalian Nigerian Kenyan Ghanaian Ethiopian
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HOUSTON CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS: through the AGOA 2000 vote lens
Republicans• TX 02-- Ted Poe• TX 07-- John Culberson• TX 08-- Kevin Brady• TX 10-- Michael T. McCaul • TX 14-- Ron Paul • TX 22-- Pete Olson
Democrats
• TX 09-- Al Green • TX 18-- Sheila Jackson Lee• TX 29-- Gene Green
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How the top diaspora-populated states voted on passage of the first AGOA bill- May 11, 2000
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California New York
Texas Georgia
Maryland Virginia
Florida Massachusetts
Minnesota Ohio
California: Boxer (D-CA), Nay Feinstein (D-CA), YeaFlorida: Graham (D-FL), Yea Mack (R-FL), YeaGeorgia: Cleland (D-GA), Nay Coverdell (R-GA), YeaMaryland: Mikulski (D-MD), Yea Sarbanes (D-MD), YeaMassachusetts: Kennedy (D-MA), Nay Kerry (D-MA), YeaNew York: Moynihan (D-NY), Yea Schumer (D-NY), YeaTexas: Gramm (R-TX), Yea Hutchison (R-TX), YeaVirginia: Robb (D-VA), Yea John Warner (R-VA), Yea
NEXT STEPS
Organize:Your diaspora community and networks for Congressional engagement
Educate:Your community on specific legislative vehicles and the outcomes for
your home country
Advocate: With your Members of Congress. Make them feel you presence; make
them feel the warmth
And remember:
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